Monday, July 20, 2015

Artsploitation Films Tabs Sept. 29 For The DVD Debut Of Director Iván Noel's Children Of The Night

Globetrotting filmmaker Iván Noel will get a domestic DVD push
for his different take on the subject of vampires this coming Sept. 29.That’s the street date that Artsploitation
Films has selected for Children of the Night (aka: Limbo).

When a child becomes the victim of a vampire — and is
converted — their age is fixed.They
will always be of that form, that of a child.

Such a “colony” of children are gathered together in a
remote “orphanage” on the outskirts of the city of Córdoba in Argentina (the north-central
part of the country, about 300 miles inland from Buenos Aries).

They are segregated, or perhaps better
stated, quarantined, from the overall population as they suffer from a “skin
disease,” but that’s really a cover story to keep nosey neighbors away — they
are literally the “children of the night.”

Filmmaker Iván Noel uses the arrival of Alicia (Sabrina
Ramos), a reporter, at the facility lorded over by Erda (Ana María Giunta), a
retired nurse who has taken on the trappings of a religious figure, to
introduce us to the narrative that will unfold — think: Van Helsing arriving at
Castle Dracula.

Alicia thinks that she
is onto a story about missing and exploited children, but soon learns that the
brood of kids living there are of quite a different ilk!!!

Children of the Night is a neat blend of humor and horror, with
a dash of social commentary.The use of
children as ageless vampires — and Alicia’s growing fondness for them (perhaps
the aging Erda’s replacement) — works surprisingly well, especially with Lauro
Veron as the grandson of Dracula (who knew!).